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One dollar for six months Fifty cento for
three months.
The Old Established Paper. Offi
cial paper of the County.
A.. P. Miller,
Editor and Proprietor.
NEWS OFTHfS WEEK.
Torrlflfl Cyclone.
A special from Richmond, Mo., to the
Time* says a terrific cyclone passed over that
place about four o'clock on the 2d of June,
levelling to the ground over half the
buildings in that town. Over 100 houses
were totally destroyed, and the loss of proper
ty will reach one quarter of a million dollars.
Whole blocks were completely swept away,
and the dehris scattered four miles. The
storm came from the southwest, passed to
the northeast, and was preceded by a heavy
fall of rain. Trees were uprooted and carried
through the air like feathers, as was also
fragments of houses, and in fact everything
the storm struck. The shaw house, a long
brick hotel, was demolished and the inmates
buried in the rums. So far as known the
following persons were killed. Mrs. Rose,
Mr. Hading, Miss Prouch, James Cambell.Mr.
Thomas Bohannan, Mary Joy. The follow
ing were mortally wounded: W. A. Donald
son, Mr. Patl'Wrctz, Fred Lchcman. Severe
ly wounded: John Anderson, Marvin Ball,
J. B, ITiues, J. Rashbary, Florence Ford, Bob
Afult, Eliza Marshall, Jus. Duncan, Mrs T*
Mctllnnis, Geo: S. Wyer, Squire Uodd, Isabel
Warner, Mrs. Jus. Smith, Fred Joy and wife,
Charles J. Hughes, 'Jr., Mrs. Calgar, Clay
Burgess, Thos. Burgess, John Ballard and
wife, Mrs. Perry, Jacobs,a child and to child
veil, Geo. Warner,Riley,Holuian, Mrs. Osborn,
Sinn B. Powell, Mrs. Hughes, and a number
or others. Horses and stock of all kinds in the
track of the storm was swept off the face of
the earth. A train load of citizens of Lexing
ton urrivedjto render aid, and physicians from
nil surrounding towns have been summoned
to give medical attendance to the wounded.
A patrol has been detailed to guard the town.
Voraica Orala Markets.
The Mark Lane Express says the agri
cultural outlook is decidedly less favorable
than three week ago. Unless dry forcing
weather comes quickly the hope for an abun
dant cereal harvest must be abandoned. Grass
is everywhere abundant, and the hay crop
will be very large. The glowing reports of the
condition of the crops in America and other
grain producing countries, added to the
quiescent state of politics, has rcsdered the
wheat trade remarkably dull and almost stag
nant. Notwithstanding the adverse weather
and light foreign shipments for London trade
has been continually lethargic, and the
amount of business so insignificant as to
furnish no index of the course of prices. En
glish wheat at the country markets declined
two shillings, but farmers were not eager to
sell. Much of the inactivity has doubtless
been owing to the suspense about the Eastern
question. As a few days will probably deter
mine the course of affairs, a movement in
trade, even if downward, may be expected
soon. Maize is lower and quiet in conse
quence of heavy American shipments for the
weekending the 10th. The floating cargo
trade for wheat was dull at former prices.
There have been few arrivals at ports of call.
Maize yielded one shilling and one shllling6d.
ngaiu owing to American shipments. Sales
of English wheat last week, 41,323 quarters at
at 5s Id, against 57,1»7 quarters
6Ss. 9tl. the same time last year. Imports into
the kingdom for the week ending May 18,
were 983,775 cwts. wheat, 145,908 cwts. flour.
Cuba's Fallnre
General Antonio Maceo, the well known
commander-in-chief of the Cuban patriot
forces, arrived in New York on the 30th ult,
from Jamaica. is accompanied by two
members of his staff, Brigadiers Arcadio
Livedal and Juan Kios Rivers. The general
has been wounded 21 times since the begin
ning of the campaign, and now carries in his
body four bullets. He sajs during the past
Bix years the patriots have been constantly
promised aid form this country, but up to the
present time thev received absolutely nothing.
The strength of the patriot army to-day is not
much over 4,000 men, but they are well armed
and drilled and in line condition. They have
opposed to them over 4,000 Spanish troops
who give the patriots not a minute's peace.
The general asserts that there is not the
slightest truth in the report of his surrender.
He says, "I have made no terms whatever
with the Spanish government. I am com
missioned here by the provisional govern
ment, and by the courtesy of Gen. Campos
was permitted to pass through his lines. The
war must contiuue. There is now no more
congress or standing government, and affairs
are under the direction of Manuel Calver, the
head of the provisional government. Officers
are now iu Jamaica on on Important com
mission from Manuel Calver."
Trai Habbera.
On the 29th ult., a party ot masked
men boarded a west-bound Union Pacific pas
senger train, Just after it left Percy station, en
tered the middle sleeping car, and proceeded
to rob the passengers. They took a watch
and one hundred dollars from one passenger
fttty dollars and tickets from another, a gold
watch and thirty-five dollars from the sleeping
car conductor. At that time some one pulled
the bell cord, and the robbers becoming fright:
ened jumped off. They fired three shots in the
slecpur without injury to the passengers.
They struck one passenger with a pistol, cut
ting the scalp some. It was all done in three
minutes, and the robbers were out of sight in
the darkness before the train stopped. The
ground being wet their trail was discovered
at daylight next morning, and a large force of
armed men started In pursuit. The Union
Pacific railroad company offer a reward of
$1,000 for the arrest of the robbers.
A Onla a in Bee.
About 11 o'clock on the 31st ult., a
mob of about 20,000 people who had congre
gated to see what they could of the execution
of L. Webb, the colored murderer, at Mans
field, Ohio, made a rush, overpowered the
guards, scaled the jail yard fence, and in a
cw minutes had torn down a greater part of
the enclosure. Sheriff Ritchie telegraphed
the governor, notifying him of the act, and
sayinjr that unless he hung Webb publicly the
mob would tear down the jail. The governor
replied, directing him to carry out the sen
tence of the law. At 12:10 p. m. 8herlff
Ritchie and Sheriff Gay, of Knox county
appeared with Webb between them. On
reaching the outside Webb glanced all around
with a smile on his countenance. After ad
justing the noose around Webb's neck aada
short prayer being offered the drop was
sprung. 1 Life was pronounced extinct in ten
minutes after the trap sprung.
Kitnk In Five Mlautcn.
be German squadron, consisting of
three iron clads, the Prussen, Grosser Kurfurs,
aud itbehlg Wilhelm, passed Dover at 8:46
A M. on.the 81st ult., bound for Plymouth
Whence was expected to sail for Gibraltar, I
VOLUME VI.
Aaataer Allnisl ANtNUalt Kmper
•r Wilaaina.
Whil the Emperor Wilhel was tak
ing a drive ou'the 3d inst., some shots, appar
ently proceeding from a house in the avenue
Under der Linden were fired at him. The
Emperor,w as wounded in one arm and on the
cheek by buckshot and small shot. The
would-be assassin is a Dr. Nabehug, occupy
ing apartments No. 18 Under der Linden.
When his door was forced open he fired upon
and wounded the hotel keeper and tried to
commit suicide, hut was secured. The em
peror's personal attendant jumped into the
carriage and supported the emperor until the
carriage reached the palace. The emperor
was conveyed to bed and several grains of
shot extracted, causing great loss of blood.
The emperor suffered great paln.but never lost
conscious* ess. No serious apprehensions
were felt as to his condition.
ryeiaaa la luiaala,
A special from Gardner, 111, says a tre
mendous wind storm passed over that place
and vicinity on the 31st inst., which did a
large amount of damage. The barn of L. C.
Fuller was completely demolished and the
house carried about 40 feetand nearly destroy
ed. Jas. Mann's house and barn was also
badly damaged. The houses, barns and near
ly all out-buildings of Aaron Scrogg were en
tirely demolished. Everything on the farm of
Mr. Ostrame was swept away. At St. James,
McComb's place, considerable damage was
done and Mrs. McComb killed. An iron bridge
crossing a stream near by was struck and a
good part of it broken and twisted and car
ried several rods down stream. A number of
other bouses in the course of the storm were
badly in)ured, but no lives lost.
War laaeHlaltaly Paataaaca.
A special from London gives an inter
view with Count Schouvaloff. The corres
pondent says the count insisted that the prob
abilities of war had vanished, and that Russia
prefered peace to an armed conflict. All the
greater obstacles outstanding between Eng
land and Russia have been finally removed.
Terms of agreement were forwarded on the
30th ult. Invitations to the congress and to
the conference'will be issued in a few days.
Berlin has been selected as the place where
the meeting will be held. I intended to leave
London for the Russian camp on the 1st of
June. I shall be accompanied by a pr.iva.te
secretary and three servants. In my opinion
the probability of war at present is indefinite
ly postponed.
A N Lava JI*el War.
A dispatch from Gen McDowell was
received at army headquarters on the 1st inst.,
which gave hopeful indications of a first class
Indian war again this summer. It stated that
the Bannock Indians had been making threats
to the settlers for some time past. The letter
reports that the Indians above mentioned have
gone into camp with about SOU wariors well
armed and equipped, between the BigCammas
prairie and the Snake river in the lava beds.
The settlers counted sixty lodges of them and
twenty more lodges of Buffalo Horse's warriors
have just joined them. A detachment of
seventy-five soldiers has gone to protect the
settlers, sent from Fort Boise. If trouble oc
curs Gen. Sheridan will work from Fort Hall.
Hrave Jtatealas In Okie.
Considerable excitement was created at
Cincinnati on the 30th inst., by the accidental
discovery of the body of Hon. J. Scott Har
rison, who was buried the day before in his
family vault at North Bend, in the dissecting
rooms of the Ohio medical college. A body
had been stolen at North Bend within the
week, and a son of Mr. Harrison, accompained
with a friend, was seeking it around the med
ical colleges of Cincinnati. It was not known
that Harrison's body had been taken until his
son recognized it in the rooms of the Ohio
medical college. The janitor of the college
was arrested.
Caafretaa Mia Crime.
The execution of W R. Robinson,
colored, for the murder of Eliza Ray, colored,
two years since, took place at Bowling Green
Va., on the 31st ult., in the presence of 400
persons. The prisoner admonished his hear
ers to beware of evil company and adhear to
the teaching of parents. He acknowledged
committing the deed for which he was to suf
fer, and said he was prepared to meet God.
At 12 o'clock the cap was drawn over the face
and the unfortunate man launched into etern
ty. He died easily, his neck being broken by
the fall.
A Lceaavaaa raatntaeter.
The sensation in Cincinnati on the 1st
inst, was the suit brought against the newly
installed postmaster, J. P. Lodge by Jos. J.
Crane, who begs to have judgement rendered
in his favor in the sum of $20,000 against poet
master J. P. Lodge of Cincinnati, as compen
sation to himself, plaintiff, and penalty against
J. P. Lodge for debauching the wife of the
aforesaid Joseph J. Crane and alienating her
affections. The petition sets forth that the
seductive proceedings, of postmaster Lodge
commenced in October, 1874, and have been
continued efficiently and incessantly ever
since. It is alleged, but not in the petition
that postmaster Lodge has this woman now
in his employ in the Cincinnati post office.
sTlraa. ay Tramp*.
Chancy's extensive warehouse, located
at Winchester, [Ohio, was destroyed by
fire on the 2d inst., with outbuildings, contain
IngAOOObushelsof corn and W .bushel.
of oats.^Loss abovt 12,0000 the insur
ance amounts to $10,000. Several
stores and buildings were slightly dam
aged. The fire is supposed to have been caused
by tramps,and four men are under arrest. But
for the vigtlence of officials of the King Valley
railroad company in transporting the Colum
bus fire-department to Winchester, the loss
would have been made greater.
.Faaa la'a TvawMcaaaaa Hanoi-*,
A dispatch from Rom says the Pope
is ill in body and distressed in mind by the
plots and cabals designed to prevent the re
forms he proposes. It Is reported the Pope
manifests a disposition to abdicate. Cardinal
Franchi is doing his utmost to check the
machinations of the Jesuits. The latter, on
the other hand, are striving to secure Cardin
al Franchi's downfall.
a O a
A a regular meeting of the Charter
Oak Life insurance on the 3d inst., Geo. M.
Bartholomew, president pro tern., was elected
permanent president. A circular to policy
holders, relative to the present condition of
the company and the prospects was substan
W
When the squadron was off Ludgatc, about
five miles from shore, one of the iron clads _,
was observed to be gradually keeling over on
her bears end? and men were seen crowding
on her.bulwaiks. In about five minutes the
vessel went down on her side, her boilers
blowing up as she sank. Boatsfromthe other
iron clads were launched and a number of
Folkestone iishing smacks near by hurried to
the' scene. It is hoped Miany lives were saved
The Folkestone life boat was launched, but
arrived tdto late to be of service. Several
steamers have gone to the scene of the disas
ter from. Dover. The Koenig Wilhelm, which
ran into the Grosser Kurfurst, is very badly
damaged.
upon, and is"to be Issued in a
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Chtaasja Prodaee Market.
GBAIN—Whaa*. acUve, •trona and higher No. a
$UWoaah 98i@a8!tcJune MHc July No.3CM
oago 92Hc rejected, TTo. Cora, active, Arm and
higher at are cash 8B7ie May SS^c June: 36Vc
July St«4c Aumua rejected, Si Oata, fairly ac
Uve and aehade higher at 334c eash 33fto June
33X3 July Bye, eteedy at KSo Barley, firmer at
«7$4c
PROVI8IOS8—Port, active and arm at |8.'JS
cash and June 8 AOdS-iSVi July 8 57H&8.60 Au
gust, tard, fairly active at 6 47H euh and June
iV/i July 6.« August. Bulk meats, fairly ac
tive saouMereta.TS ahovt rib 4.50 short dear
4 2 3 .-!:
Haw York Fradaca Market,
GBAIN—Wheat, dull aadheavy receipt*, 398,000
busheta No. 3 spring, $1.U0 No. 3 Chicago 1 13
No. 3 Northwestern and No. 3 Milwaukee 1.13^ I
No. 3 red winter 1 16@1 18: No. 1 white 1.35. Bye,
dull and heavy western 65@66c. barley, quiet and
unchanged Malt, dull. Corn, receipts 388,000
bnahels steam 4Ki@M%c No. 3, «Ci@4Te No. 3
white 53. Oata, moderate and active receipts, 66,000
bnahels mixed western 98®33e.
PROVISIONS—Pork, $9.00(^9.50. Beef quiet and
unchanged Cut meat, western long leear, dull.
Lard, quiet at fo.75.
Milwaukee Produce Market.
GBAIN—Wheat, opened Arm and Xs higher, and
closed Ann No. 1 hard, $1 OSVi No. 1,1.03 No. 9
1.01 Hay, 1.01 June, 9954c July, 1*7 '„c No. 3,934c.
Corn, better, fair Inquiry No. 3, 37}£c new, 33%c.
Oats, a shade easier No. 3, 23?£c. Bye, steady
No. 1, 52c Barley, unsettled and neglected No. 3
62c June 61c July 62c. „s.
PROVISIONS—Quiet but firmer mess pork,
$8.25. Lard, prime steam C50@T 00.
CONGRESSIONAL
O S E. May 27.—Bills were introduced
by Mr. Willis, to regulate the sale of United
States bonds, and by Mr. W*od to establish a
permanent sinking fund. The house voted to
adjourn over Decoration day. Mr. South
ard reported his electoral bill. The house
then went into committee of the whole on the
army bill, and amendments transferring the
Indian bureau to the wai dedartment and for
bidding the use of the army as a pose in en
forcing the law, except when directly author
ized by congress were adopted. The bill Was
then reported to the house. The first amend
ment in committee, that increasing the
strength to 25,000 men was rejected, 116 to
120. A motion to reconsider was then made
and laid on the table.
S E N A E Ma 27.—Mr. Blaine offered
a resolution requesting the president to fur
nish copies of additional correspond nee rela
tive to the appointment of M. Dclfosse as
member of the Halifax tribunal. Adopted.
The District of Columbia bill was then
sid red, and several amendments adopted.
The bill was then passed. Mr. Ferry moved
to take up the bill to forbid further contrac
tion of legal-tender notes. After some discus
sion, agreed to—28 to 20. The senate then
adjourned.
S E A TE Ma 28 —Mr Hamlin, from
the committee on foreign affairs, reported a
resolution providing money for the payment
of the Halifax fisheries award. Several minor
bills were passed. The house bill to forbid
the farther retirement of legal-tender notes
was taken up. All amendments were rejected
and the bill was passed, 41 to 18.
O S E, Ma 28. he bill admitting
foreign articles for scientific exhibition free
of duty passed. The army bill was taken up,
the remainder of the amendments made in
committee of the whole stricken out, and the
bill passed in nearly its original form, provid
ing for a force of twenty thousand men anddiscussion
containing clauses transferring the Indian bu
reau to the war department and prohibiting
the use of the army as a posse in executing
the laws. A number of committee reports
were made, among them a conference report
on the forestry bill, which was agreed to.
The senate amendments to the bankrupt law
were concurred in, and those to the District
bill non-concurred in. Pendinir action of the
Hot Springs bill the house adjourned.
S E N A E, Ma 3 1 he resolution for
final adjournment on June 17 was received and
laid over. The bill for the appointment of an
additional circuit judge for Indiana and Illi
nois was passed. The bill to confirm the title
to certain Chicago real estate was indefinitely
postpoued. The legislative bill was taken up
and after several amendments were agreed to,
passed. After considerable discussion, the
bill to appropriate money for the payment of
the Halifax award was taken up, 35 to 20.
After considerable discussion, the senate ad
journed without action on the bill.
O S E, May 81.—The bill aprjropriat
ing $20,000 todefray the expenses of the Potter
committee was passed. The bill of Mr. Sapp
for the relief of settlers on public lands was
passed. A large number of private bills were
passed.
S E N A E, June 1.—The committee on
railroads reported back the Senate bill
authorizing railroad companies to construct
and maintain telegraph lines for commercial
purposes, and to secure to govei nment us*
the same for militarv, postal, and other pur
posces, with mi amendment 111 the nature 01 a
substitute. The bill to provide a fire-nroof
bureau of engraving and printing and the
medical branches of the treasury and other
deparments, passed. The concurrent resolu
tion in regard to final adjournment was taken
up, the amendment of the House, fixing June
17th as the day of final adjournment, was con
curred iu, yeasSS nays 17.
O S E, June 1.—Mr. Harris from the
committee on judiciary reported a bill giving
curcuit courts supervisory jurisdiction in cer
tain criminal cases. The following bills were
passed: The bill authorizing the solictor of
the treasury with consent of the secretary of
war to cancel certain contracts for the sale of
land made at Harper's Ferry in 1SC9, to resell
the s-me, and sell or lease all other real estate
or riparion rights owned by the United States
at Harper's Ferry changing the time for hold
ing the' district convention for Ihe Western
district of Pennslyvania to provide for holding
the United States district court at Kansas City
dividing Colorado into three judicial districts:
reorganizing the judicial districts of Michigan
for holding terms of United States district
court for West Verginia at Martinsburg.
S E N A E Jun 3.— A resolution calling
on the President for correspondence with
Great Britain relating to the sixth article of
the treaty of Washington, which provides
that joint effort shall be made to induce other
governments to adopt the three rules for the
action of neutrals in time of war. The Sen
ate refused to take up the election bill, 26 to
27. Minor bills were passed, among them
that providing for the issue of arms to
territories. Mr. Spencer offered an amend
ment to the army bill, providing for a military
post in the Black 'Hills. The senate then
considered the post-route bill. An amend
ment restoring the franking privilege caused
some discussion and was rejected by a tie vote
O S E Jun 3.—Bills were introduced
and referred and the internal revenue bill
considered. The evening session was de
voted to the life saving service MIL
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MONDAY, Ma 27.—There was no quor
um at the Morning session, and after waiting
for an hour for absentees to arrive, the court
adjourned till 2 o'clock, when nearly a full
Senate was present. 8. B. Mollison of
Austin was called by the managers, and tes
tified to the facts connected with the indict-
first article. He claimed that his bail had been
fixed at an excessive ameunt, and there had
been great delay in bringing him to trial al
though he frequeutly demanded a trial. On
the cross examination he acknowledged that
he had never been ready for trial. Mr. H.
Davidson, of the Austin J&ffi*ter, testified as to
the publication of the libelous article and its
retraction, during which there was a good of
sparring between counsels as to the admissi
bility of certain evidence. Mr. Davidson ac
knowledged on the eross examinat'on titat his
firm had paid $3,750 towards paying the ex
penses of the prosecution.
TuEsdAY, Ma 28.—The entire fore
noon session was consumed in the argument
of the motion to quash the tenth article. It
was overruled.' In the afternoon the testi
mony was resumed. D. W. Cameron, R. O.
Hull, Lafayette French, and A. W Kimball,
were examined as to the libel suit against
Mollison. The cross examination developed
the fact that Judge Page had provided for the
trial of the case, but that Mollison had not at
tended to it. Thomas Riley and Lafayette
French were sworn as to Judge Page's inter
ference as to a bill against the county held by
the former. The cross examination was uot
concluded.
W E N E S A Y, Ma 29.—On the opening
of the court Lafayette French was cross ex
amined relative to the second article, and ad
mitted that he had consented to striking out
the stipulation between himself and Mr.
Kinsman, of which complaint bad been ade.
M.Riley,C. C. Kinsman, William Richard,G
W. Cameron, E. O. Hall and James Grant, also
testified as to Mr. French suit and the claim
of Riley against the county which Judge
Page had ordered disallowed. The third article
alleging that Judge Page had refused to allow
Deputy Sheriff W7 T. Manden ille compensa
tion for his 'Services, and several witnesses
were examined. Article four, alleging that
David H. Stimpson, a deputy sheriff, had
been insulted and humiliated by Judge Page
while in tbe discharge of his duty, was taken
up and Stimpson was examined. His testi
mony was rather damaging to himself as a
public officer. A secret session was held in
tbe evening, at which it was resolved to cut
dowu the compensation of the managers to
$5 a day.
TnunsDAY, Ma 30.—Testimony was
WORTHINGTON, ^OBLES COUNTY, Mptffiffi^
taken in regard to the Stimpson matter in
which Judge Page ordered Stimpson to return
fees illegally collected In the presence of the
grand jury. The bill of .particulars to the
tenth article, prepared by the managers, was
presented, to which the defense entered a de
murer. The demurer was overruled by a vote
of 25 to 12. Article five was passed, without
prejudice. Article six was then taken up and
a large- number of witnesses examined.
Judge Page is charged with having accused
the grand jury of being bribed for failing to
find an indictment against' ohe'Ingmundsoh,
who was thought to be guilty of an offense.
Without concluding the court adjourned.
-FiUDAY, Ma 31—R.~A. Jones was the
first witness and testified as to Judge
Page's conduct in the Ingmenndson case, and
the subsequent language, used to the grand
jury. W. E. Wilkin testified asio the Judge's
charge relative to the alleged irregularities in
the auditors office. C. C. Crane, Levi Foss,
A. E. Woodard and W. H, Crandell were also
examined relative to the same matters,
without developing any additional facts, alter
which the court adjourned to Monday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Taa Caacreaa ar Hatlaaa.
In the ot Commons on the 3d
inst, the papers in regard to the congress
were laid on the table. The chancellor of the
exchequer stated the documents embrace the
invitation of Germany to' a congress to be held
in Berlin on the 18th of June, for a free discus
sion of the treaty of San Stefano, and Lord
Salisbury's acceptauceof Germany's invitation.
with an explanation that England understands
that all the great powers are asked to assent
to a free discussion of the ""aforesaid treaty.
The chancellor confirmed..the announcement
that Lords Beaconsfield, Salisbury and Odo
Russell will represent Great Britain iu the con
gress. v,. '.
THE INVITATION.
"The undersigned, ambassadors of the Em
peror of Germany, has the honor, by order of
his government, to Convey' to his excellency
the Marquisjof Salisbury, Secretary of State
for foreign affairs'to"her majesty the Queen of
Great Britain and Ireiaud and Empress of
India, the following communication in con
formity with the initiatives taken by the Aus
tria-Hungarian cabinet. The government of
bis majesty the Emperor has the honor to pro
pose to the powers that are signatories of the
treaties of 1856 and 1871, to meet in congress at
Berlin to discuss their stipulations of the pre
liminary treaty of San- Stefano, concluded be
tween Russia and Turkey. The government
of his majesty, in giving this invitation to the
government of her Britanlc majesty, under
stands that in accepting it the government.of
her Britanic majesty consents to admit free
of the whole of the contents of the
treaty of San Stefano,' and that it is ready to
participate therein. In the event of the ac
ceptance of all the powers invited, the gov
ernment of bis majesty proposes tofixthe
meeting of the cengress for June 13. The
undersigned, in, bringing the above to the
knowledge of his excellency, has the honor
te ask him to be good enough to acquaint
him as soon as possible with the reply of the
British government.
THE ACCEPTANCE.
The following is Lord Salisbury's reply to
the foregoing: "The undersigned, her Maj
esty's principal secretary of state for foreign
affairs, has the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of his excellency's commuica
tion inviting her Majesty's government to
take part in a congress at Berlin for the dis
cussion of the stipulations of the preliminary
treaty concluded at San Stefano between
Russia and Turkey. The undersigned, tak
ing his excellency's verbal intimation that
the invitation had been sent in the same
terms to other powers who are signatories
of the treaty of Paris, aud understanding
that those powers assent to the invitation on
the terms stated in his excellency's note,
ha6 the honor to inform his excellency that
the government of her Majesty will be
read}' to take part in a congress at the date
mentioned.
The Circus.
To dwellers in the cities, where amuse
ment arc at a discount, and the trouble
lies in deciding what show to patronize,
the advent of a circus troupe occasions
little comment and no excitement. Peo
ple grumble at having the dead wails
defaced with the staring bills and posters
emblazoned with representations of the
human lorm dancing on nothing, and up
side down at that they smile over the
spectacle, on paper, of M'ddle. a
something or other riding six horses all
at the same time, with only two legs and
one body to do it with—but they don't
think of going to see how it is done—that
is, the more respectable portion of them.
In the country it is different
When a community of people is at such
a low ebb in the way of amusements as to
find a walk to the grave yard, Sunday
afternoon, exhilarating, and a funeral in
the meeting-house a diversion, course a
circus is something to be talked about.
The vjllagc paper prints a glowing ad
vertisement, embellished with engravings
of the wonderful chariot, drawn by ten
white horses and then there arc the
dancing bears, and the elephants and the
monkeys. An everybody has a lurking
curiosity to see monkeys—perhaps be
cause there is a Darwinian streak in them,
and they long to know something of their
illustrious ancestry.
For three weeks before the coming of
the circus the country boys and girls do
without their sticks of candy "when fa
ther goes to the store," and save up their
pennies to pay their fare into the circus.
"Admittance fifty cents 'children under
twelve years, half price," so reads the
circular.
About that time all the boys and girls
are under twelve years. I will be a rare
thing to nd any children or young peo
ple over that age Th old folks think
fifty cents "awful high to see. one ot these
kicking up shows," and they taik it over
among themselves, sn decide that "as
Mary An is small of her age, which is
fifteen, and as Thomas ain't very stout
built for a boy of eighteen, they guess
they'll try to get 'em in for half price.
Thomas can scrooch a little, an«l Mary
Ann don't look more'n ten, with her hair
braided and hanging down her back."
Good honest souls, who wouldn't be
seen putting a counterfeit nickle on the
plate on Sunday, will argue this, and
teach their children lessons in deception
—bu it is a circus, and a quarter is all it
is worth.
A few people there are who considei
circuses immoral, and such close their
blinds on circus days, out can generally
be found peeping out through .the slats at
the procession, though they would stoutly
deny the fact it questioned.
Every girl has to have a new dress for
the circus. Sh also must have her hat
smartened up a little, for all the beaus
will be there, and ready to "treat" the
best-looking girls to peanuts and
lemonade, and perhaps take th: in to
see the side-shows.
The circus affords a splendid oppor
tunity for devoted swains to escort their
lady-loves abroad and yon will see them
by the dozen, in their, long-tailed coats,
and well-oiled hair, carrying an umbrella
in one hand, and supporting their heart's
adored on the other arm. An if very de
voted and, strictly speaking, "meaning
business," the faithful swain will load her
down with bags of candy and peanuts,
and a Japanese fan, and the poor, blush
ing,' bappy young thing will stagger
along undefthes burdens of affection,
and if anybody steps on her trail she is
helpless till her adorer swears at him,
and wants to know ''if he can't keep them
two school-houses of his off from a lady's
dress?"
Weil, let the circus flourish, and the
trapeze-find favor—everything has it
advantages, and a circus is the Dest plac
in the world to pass bogus currency.
um
or a a
The streets of Paris are a marvel of
cleanliness. W have had to-day several
heavy showers of rain. Np, sooner had
the rain ceased falling than men appear-:
ed upon all the bonlevards to sweep off
the water and dry them up as quick as
passible. On those laid with asphaltum
they, were armed with gotta perctia temp
ers, which enabled them to remote the
water-to' the gutters. When^ the road-'
way was of Belgian blocks, had
horis brushes at work, and where ilitrv.
wer#''macadamized ihey rattan
brushes. I an hour they were all dry,
as the stm came out' warm Rafter, every
showerV Neither dust nor water is allow
ed to remain on $ & W W •!arna'.s'ucha
thing as mud is never'to be found in any
part of Paris., Th^re .are no letter-boxes
on tlm streets of P..ris except, in the win
do^s", ot. [the stores. where .cigars and
stamps are soldi .| ,'. -i
Cigars are a Government monopoly
and are sold, as are .postage stamps, by
regularly-appointed agents they receiv
ing'a* small commission. Th Govern
ment cigars are sold in bundles of twenty
five, put up in envelopes ah'd' 'stamp
ed at the Governrr»ent factories. liavhna
cigars winch have paid the .regular duty
are sold'in ail the cafes, but domestic ci
gars are only sold by Government agents.
a axcels all other cities in the world
in the management of its municipal af
fairs. I is far better lighted, better
cleaned, better supplied with sewers,
markets, parks and everything t?nding to
make hi pleasant, agreeable, convenient
and safer than any American, or, indeed
any other large European city. The idea!
which was so generally entertained that
he superb ordering of Paris was due to:
the unlimited power which Napoleon and
Baron Haussman possessed has been ex
ploded. Th improvements are just as
numerous, and the magnificence quite1 as
thoroughly kept up under the Republi
can regime. The people are soundly taxed,
but they know that the money is well
laid out: that none of it is manipulated
by corrupt rings, and they do not grum
b.e.—Paris Gor. Baltimore American.
-a»- I
Object to he
Told by Martin HetaklU.
"No look-a-here, Mahsr Tom,and you
all, you all wculdn't a-kctched me out on
this yere hunt I'd a-knowed was
a-gwine to hunt 'possums. 'Taintno luck
to hunt 'possums: eberybody knows dnt.
debble gits after a man as will go
a-chasin' 'possums wi dogs when he kin
cotcli 'em a heap more comfortab.er in a
trap. Tain so much difFrence 'bout
'coons, but debbil he takes care o' pos
sums. An' I spect de debbil know'd 'bout
dis yere hunt, fur odcr ebenin' I was
a-goin' down to rock-sbring, wi a
gourd to gi a drink, and dai on rock,
wid his legs a-danglin' down to de water,
sat de debble hisself a chawin' green ter
backer!' "Green terbacker?'says I 'Why
Uncle Pete, aint the debble got no better
sense than that?' 'Now, look-a-here, Mahsa
Martin,' says lie, de 'debbil knows what
he's about, an' ef green terbacker was goin'
fur anybody to chaw he wouldn't chaw I,
an' he says to me "Uncle Pete, been a
huntin' any 'possums?" And says I "No,
Mahsr, I nebber do dat." An den he
looked at me awful, seed he didn't
furgit nothin,' an' he was a sottin dar,
a-sliinen as he was all polished all over
wid shoe blackin,' an' he says' "Now
look-a-here. Uncle Pete, don't you ebber
do it an 'w'at's dat about dis yere Baptis'
church at Cross-roads, da was sot
afire?" An I tole him dat I din't know
nuffin 'bout dat—not one single word in
dis whole world. De he wink, an' he
says, "Dem brudders in dat church hunt
too many 'possums. is alius a-hunt
in' 'possums, and dat's way de lose
der church. I sot dat afire mesef. D'y
hear dat. Uncle Pete?" An' I was glad
enough to hear it too, for der was bruders
in dat church dat said Yeller Joe an' me
sot it afire, cos we wasn't 'lected trustees,
but dey can't say dat now, fur it's all plain
as daylight, an' et de dont bleab it, I kin
show berry gourd I tu down to
de rock-spring when I seed debbil.
An' it don't do to hunt no more' possums,
fur debbil 'd jist as leab scratch
end his tail agin a black min' church."
—FromuThat Same Old 'COOK," by F. R.
Stockton Scribner for June. _."',
Memories of Mount lernon.
CorregpoBdeace of the Louisville Courier Journal,
W wandered althrough the sad, silent
mansion. W looked at the spindle
legged furniture, and a rusty key on the
wall, fhfc key of the bastile. W see
Washington's vest and small clothes in
the glasses, and a lock of his hair, and
original letters by his hand and Lafay
ette's. W see pretty Elenear Eusts
wedding gift, harpsicord that her
stepfather brought from foreign lamls tor
a surprise when she left girlhood's
home. Th pretty Eleneor is .buried long
ago. All'traces of her pink ahd' White
beauty has left the earth here stands the
dusty harpsicord, "brought back by
strange".hands to her old home, Th
room ihat intents me most is the tiny
atic chamber where the devoted widow
passed her days after her husbands death.
The large chamber below was closed
after his decease.
Non entered it from that time on. A
rug and single bed Mrs. Washington had
moved to the attic room, and here, win
ter and summer, she watched with long
ing crazy eyes, the tomb that held her
dead. There was no place for stove or
grate: all day in the room nndef the
roof, she sat by the small window (her
feet in winter on a zinc foot stove filled
with coals), with a shawl wrapped about
her beat form, true Martha Washington,
first lady of the landl First) in elegance
in times of pence, in courage in time of
war in faithfulness in time of death. All,
women look with tenderer eyes at the
small marble resting-place than at the
grander casket by their side. One bears
upon it a draped flag, cut in the stone, a
shield and crouching eagle the other
side only the words—
MAKTHA,
OONSOKT OF WASHINGTON.
Yet these words dimthe eyes of lovi
wivesj they pierce the eyes of lonely id
ows, and bind all true and fervent wom
anhood close. to the form .that sleeps
dreamlessly beside 'the form she loved
truly and long,
Pat applied for a ticket to "Ne-Yark"
at the Providence station, the other day
"Shore line?" said the ticketclerk. "Shure
lice 1'^ What I be takin' a Jin as
wasn't shure for?" "Shpre, I said shore
on the shore." "Shore! to be sure I do
I'm not going to say at all, begorra d'ye
think I'm after a sthercidge passidge. and
not acquainted wi a ra'lroad cahr-r?"
^tm——
A piece of rag soaked in a solution of
cayenne is a capital thing to put into a rat
or mouse hole. They will not attempt to
I eat it.
ET PAGE,
I S W I E
!.u Twic W a O Mate*.
I was a glorious .moonlight such
'moonlights as one sees only in the South
r-tbte skir Wne/beani of living 'yel
low and clear as crystal. Th soft breath
of summer stirred the leaves of the starry,
white' Jasmine, whifeh swung as "by un
seen fairy hand. he 'night, in all its
perfections, lay gloriously irtriunmarred
by any sound to break. the perfect out
line*- of the picture," save the musical
'yolpesV .'We stood."together, beneath, a
widespreadihg magnolia tree—John Yah
deleur a T. Th moonlight' glinted
on his stern white face his darkV. eye's
were-bent upon ray own bath hi a bands
erasped mineT^-grasp^ them with.Jbe
dei
the sifencii1 DrTat' a between' us' two
paused, and once more turned his
eyes toward me Th moonlight was
pallid on his face, and showed the dread
ful suffering which was his. I did not
speak I had no words who could speak
at such a time?
"Jessie," he went on, brokenly, "while
she—that woman—liveB',I am fettered with
heavy chains. I cannot appeal to the law
tor my freedom, for, vile as she is, she op
erates within its pale, and justice cannot
reach her. There is no hope, Jessie,
none we must bear our heavy burden as
patiently as possible, remembering•, that
life must md sometimej"
Then he drew me to'him for a moment
and gazed silently into my eyes. N
word passed his lips he presed my hand
convulsively to heart, and, turning,
went away through the moonlight. •:.:
All night I knelt at my window,with my
head upon the sill, in a trance of woe and
agony. When tbe morning catue, I arose
from my knees, and, throwing myself
upon the bed slept irom sheer
exhaustion.
A few weeks later in company with
my mother (fihe was a I had in tbe
'world), I started for Europe. I hoped
in other lands, and amid new and chang
in scenes, to find some surcease to, my
sorrow. I did not know then how hard
it is to rid one's self of a haunting grief,
for sorrow follows, like a gaunt spectre,
whithersoever your footsteps tend stalks
by your side, claims admittance to your
heart, and will not leave you,
W were on the sea at last—the beauti
ful, smiling, treacherous sea, so clam and
blue and' peacful above, but with such
depths ot woe and dispair within his
bosom, when the white faces turn upward
to the light, and the sea moss tangles in
the.floating locks, and the coral insect
builds where the mortal rest remains of
those who go down to the seai ships."
For the first day or so I was confined
to my stateroom, very ill and dreary and
hopeless. the evening of the second
day I came up on deck, detetmined to
obtain a breath of fresh air. Lyin on a
pile of rugs, with a book in my hand,
not ior the reading,..but rather as an
excuse for silence, a familiar voice fell
on my ears. Trembling and agitated, .1
turned my head, and saw standing at
my side—John Vandeleur! put out
his hand, but I motioned it away I dar
ed not touch it I felt that it was1 more
than I could bear. stood gazing up
on me for a moment.
came you here?" I faltered, at
last.
A spasm of p:dn crossed his white face.
"She!" he muHered,savagely—" she is
here—on bord. Fo the sake of, sparing
vou the pain of chance encouaters, I was
going to Europe, Bu we met again, and
and on board of the same vessel. There
1 a strange fatality in it, Jessie."
That night I was wakened^ from my
sleep by the rushing and roaring of the
storm-fiend, the hoarse commands'of the
captain, and the shrieks and prayers of
terrified women. I arose, and throwing
on a wrapper, I aroused my mother, and
together we sought the cabin. I was a
scene of terror upon which I had never
berore gazed, and which I hope nver to
•CTHW
tut :ml
ttI
am
going awayto-morroW.''
I felt my heart budnd madly and then
stand stid, -with, undefined,terror.•W
had, been so happy all-.that longlqtpet
'summer, away from the noi^e. aq.d din of
the world',' shut in by forest,'arid 'green
banked lakes and waving 'verdure. I
had been like a beautiful idyl 'and,' like
all such episodes, had to end some time.
But it was,a hard lesson that I had learnr
ed in the interim... I that during
those few short weeks I. had learned to
love John Vandcleur and I knew also,
by look and ton?, and'the caressing man
ner, which stood instead of speach, that
he loved me Bu I felt that a shadow
stood between us—an impenetrable
shadow—I did not know how impene
trable untill that night, when, out in the
pale-faced moonlight,, we stood beneath
the magnolia trees. I saw him gasp for
breath as his. eyes met the look of pain
in mine he trembled violently, and drop
ped my hands with a passionate gesture.
"Jessie," he cried, suddenly, facing me
in desperation, "you love m? and I-rO
God, I love you so 1 And yet a going
to break your heart. This summer has
been a dream of heaven to a, wild
hasheesh dream, in which such wretches
as I ought never be permitted to indulge.
A well, it is over now Jessie, say that
you love me—once—just once!"
I looked into his dark, sad eyes. "I
do I answered, firmly. Ay come what
might, that was true and earnest and un
ilterable. threw both arms around
ne, and, drawing me closer to him,
pressed one kiss upon my lips. N one
else has ever kissed them, no one else
ever shall.
"Can you bear to hear my story to-
MI/. .iliiiUd'Anihi a« bos' ttimi
witness again. Th loud roar storm
without nearly drowned the wailing and
1 amentatiqn. of those within. I glanced
towards, Joh Vauderleur's in S he
was standing cool, and self-possessed,
leaning against thepiano.ber great,.dark
eyes full of scorn at the display of terror
around her. Just then the captain, death
white and agonized, rushed into the
cabin: ,....1/f ,. ,.., „..,,
'. "Save ypursejlyes,!'? he'shouted. ',?^We
have sprung aleak, and arc going down."
2 There was a rush 'forward, andV seizing
my.jnothera, haqd, vl,, dragged .her .after
jug in. the, \vake, o^.the, crowd. 'n The,, life
boats were soon launched, but all aaya two.
were instantly swamped, and these,.filled
in a moment to overflowing, darted away
tHrrJogTr the white'capped water, ana toss-,
ing from billow to billow, were soon out
of sight, leaving some hajf-dpzen stand
ing upon theiudeck. was filling
fast with'wliar in a short.time we would
be beyond the reach or human aidiJoStill'
clinging tom mother's hand, I glanced'
hopelessly 'upon 'the'grc'ttW gathered to-5
gether. Si of Us 'all told, ahd $ 0
fhenv ''were John YandeTenr 'and he
woman whom he catted wife:*'
his presenee with a strange gladness 110.
matter what Happened, we were tdgetherv
At'that, awful moment, tace to face with
death and eternity, I found no sin in the'
love which'overflowed.m'y heart for this
mart. ',' ,. ,'"'.
And so, Crouching upon the deck of
doomed vessel, we watched the morning
break.gray and dreary and awful, gleam
ing upon that waste ot water and the hu
man beings awaiting death. A day
break we saw the vesel could up no
longer, and spars and masts and all. avail-'
able objects were secured to these frail
supports each' awestricken creature was
lashed, and was soon floating upon the
water.
The storm was over now the waves
were still, and the sky shone blue and
bright. A last, with a great noise, the
noble ship went down, and the cold, dark
waters closed over it forever.'
A shudder passed over us as clung
to frail supports and realized then, with
death standing beside us, upon how
slight a tenure our lives hung. An so
we floated tor hours and hours. Looking
back now upon that time, it seems like
an endless ,age, in which we moved slowly
over the shining surface of the sea. I
closed my eyes at last, hardly conscious
a was doing. Whe I opened
them again I drifting slowly along, and
John Vandeleur's wife was clinging to
the spar betide me Ho she came
there I never knew. A evil light shot
night?" he asked, as Iloosene the clicgr'^nto her bold black eyes as they met
ing arms, and stood before him trying
hard to calm the wild, tumultuous throb
bing of my heart. "Because," he contin
ued, you must know it and I, I shall go
away to-morrow."
"I can bear it." voice sounded far
away, and faint. pushed the dark
hair from his forehea and, turning his
face away from my eyes, leaned against
the magnolia tree.
"Five years ago," he began, in a cool
dreary tone, "while traveling in Europe,
I met'the woman who has ruined my life.
I can not tell you how she entangled me
in her meshes, throwing the net around
me with consummate art and skill suffice
it that she succeeded in her schemes, and
I was bound to her, Dody and soul, in
chains of galling iron. Yo cannot im
agine what my life has been since then
until a few months ago, when I received
a letter from a foreign land, telling me
that she was dead and I was free. Then
I met you, and our. friendship grew and
ripened every hour, into something that
can never die To-day, Jessie"—he
paused and clenched his hands fiercely
together -"to-day I received a letter from
her—this a my wife—do you un
derstand?—telling me the report of her
death was a mistake, and she is now on
her way to this country to join me Ah
God! you cannot dream the agony that
has been mine since then I am wild
with anguish and despair it seems as if
I should go mad or die!
"I know all," she hissed, transfixing
me with her wtcked gaze, "and I hate
you!"
She drew from her bosom something
that shone and scintillated in the sunlight.
It was a dagger* Great Heavens! Face
to face with death as we were, what need
to hasten the dreadful end I glanced
about us. W had floated away at some
distance from the rest, and were quite
alone upon the water. Th fires of mad
ness burned in the woman's eyes."
"If I perish," she continued, in the
same mocking tones, "you shall not sur
vive to marry John Vandeleur!"
I felt the a id of death at my heart.
She raised herself on one elbow, and
poised the shining blade before me Just
then a floating fragament of the wreck
struck hero the head. I saw the haughty
face grow suddenly ghastly, and the red
blood pour like rain oyer her beautiful
features tae I knew no more.
We were picked up afterwards by a
homeward-bound vessel I was conscious,
and the woman beside me quite dead.
The other passengers were also rescued,
and no life, was lost save hers. A long
illness followed my escape, and when I
came forth from the confines of the dark
valley, it was to find my mother and
John Vandeleur bending over me
eyes sought the dark ones gazing anx
iously into my white face, and then my
mother's voiee fell solomnly upon the
silence of the room.
us thank God! she said fer
vently. 1
An kneeling there, they sent up a
prayer to Heaven, earnest and thankful,
while John clasped my hand as though
ho would never let it go.••
An so I became his wife.
he Ai
dresses .in a'manner peculiar to his
tribe, does the fresh air idiot. wears
two pair of woolen stockings and heavy
corked-soled boots, two suits of flannel
underwear, a chamois chest protector, a
double knit jacket, a woolen' vest, lined
pantaloons that weigh about eight pounds
and impervious to air as a rubber
blanket a double breasted coat, fur
gloves and.a sealskin cap pulled down
over his ears. Thus attired,',it is the de
light of his own ideal soul to' meet you
some bracing September morning,
and regard, with a fixed stare and wild
howl of derision,'you in your fall suit
and light overcoat. "Off with it, man,
he yells, smiting his chest with his
buried hands. "Off with it! Why,bles
my soul, I haven't worn an .overcoat for
more than ten years. What do you want
with an overcoat? Brace up inhale the
fieash air fill your lungs with it, till it
makes your nerves tingle With natural,
health giving,', glowing warmth."'
bangs in upon you in your office.
"Whoof!" he shouts, looking wildly
around him, "what an oven! Don't you
you know you arr killing yourself inhere?
W is aio comes from a.lime
kiln. It dries up my lungs like parch
ment.*' An he leaves the door wide
open and ,1 torrent of icy wind rushes in
and bathes your slippered feet'in a chill
that doesn't leave them for a week he
rushes across the office and opens a win
do on your back that makes you shud
der hours after you are asleep that night
be c'oses the drafts and opens the stove
door, and then "sits close behind it, out of
the drafts he has el on yon and
tells you how warm and comfortable he
is, and how he never permits his room to
get so hot as yours was when he came in
to it. deluges you with' his twaddle
about fresh air and ventilation, and
doesn't go'away and let you make your
self comfortable until he has caught you
a cold that will stick to you all winter.
cost you $295 for medical. services, and
then'kill you in the sprine.—Burlington
Hawkeye. ••.'.':*
Vinit Xlnaea»ta.-THe «lev«»*« Aaaaal
Rcantaa at Xaakata.
The following circular, which explains it
self, has been' issued*
DB4R COMRADE:—Theannual reunion of the
First Minnesota Regiment association will be
an encampment, at Camp German, Mankato,
June 19th and !Wth, 1878. Yourself and fam
ily are earnestly requested to be present.
Dear comrade, the land is filled with milk and
hone)*, come and receive It, "without money
and without price," for the citizens' of Manka
to will be glad to receive you.
St. Paul fc Sioux City railroad will issue
round trip ticket* at three seats per mile and
Winona & St. Peter road for one and ene-flfth
usual rates. JAS. CANNON, Pres't.
B.L. GorMAN,8ec'y.
.******
Persons looking westward for homes
can procure full information concerning
the GAjUKvr S I O of and Minne-
sota, by subscribing for the Worthing-
toB A A E, published at Worthington
Minnesota. Send %i_ for one year $ 1
for six months, and eentn for three
months, to 11 A A B, Worthington
%tyej» county, Minnesota.'' JA'
ITCl
E E S I E N I A I I O E „.
Iavaatlgatlag ta« Tnais
taa Pattar —alatlaa Jaajaau«.
Am.
««ma. aa« Saevatavy •herataa am taa,
fttaaaV
3 7 7
.. The select committee of the House of Bepre
sentatlveato investigate the allege? frauds in
Louisiana and Florida, began their labors on-,
the 1st inst The committee sat with open,
doors. Messrs. Wilson and Shel labarger ap
peared as counsel for Secretary ShermUn.
Tbe sub-committee to visit Florida w,a»,au-t
nonnced to consist of. Hunter, Springer and'
Hlscock. Louis E. Anderson was first eaUad
.to testify. At the time: of tad- eleetten'iht
was supervisor of the election returns
for the parish of East Feliclana7"Loul8tana.
Ho tesUiedat length in regard to ttarkaotioas
in the parish, and interviews with, certain par
1 ties, and in regard to an attempt to get him to
enter'a protest against the returns by reason'.
of having been used. In''re-'
eiydtintimidatio,nbut
Marshal Pitkin be **td intimidation
beep used, he did not know whether
ithajf been practiced by Democrats or .Be
publicans, and that consequently He waanot
prepared to make a protest, JHp subwftaautyy 1
entered a protest and testified as to .various»
attempts to nave him changed Mfl'-nmlce «ald
'protest stropger. He gave tbasubstanceoCaa
Interftew.b^twjserLbimMlfjuadD: A. Weber,.
supervisor bf election returns in West Fell,
clana and John Sherman. Mr. Sherman re
marked "there is a crisis in. which..not onlv
.Louisiana but the Whole country fir'involved,
and it is a, time when we expect and want
every Republican and every -true- patriot to
stand byus. "Now, I hope vou, gentlemen, are'"
going to do that t*lhg.r» Mr. Weber replied
that he and Anderson had already dona more
.than the circumstances of. the case would
warrant, and a' great1 deal more than' safety
would warrant.inthat if Packard became Gov
ernor there was no possibility of their getting
anything under the United States Government.
Mr. Sherman assured the witness,Mr. Weber,
that no danger lay in that direction,, what, the -.
Republican party had not been in the' habit of
forgetting men who stood by it in thehaurof
nerd. "Mr. Sherman," said the -witness,,
"raised his left hand and said,''" "thatI. want
to say to you is, that if you gentlemen', stand
firm in this matter, and let it run as it it vou.
will find no cause to regret it." .Subsequent
ly the witness wanted Sherman's verbal dec-
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lorations and assurances in "black and,:
white." and accordingly he and Weber jointly
addressed the following letter to .0
MU. SHERMAN
S I W have, carefully considered the
arrangements advanced by you in our inter
view. Your assurance that we shall be-taken
care of,ia scarcely specific enough. In case we
pursue the course suggested by you, we
would be obliged to leave the State. Will
rou, therefore, state In writing who we shall
00k to for the fulfillment of these promises.
Respectfully,!
(Signed.) D, A. WEBER,
JAMES D. ANDERSON.
to Hon. Jne. Sherman.
Mr. McMahon proposed to put in evidence
a copy of Sherman's letter in reply. After
strong discussion as to whether the copy of
Mr. Sherman's letter could be read and put
in evidence, Mr. Cutler offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the paper identified by the
witness be read,but not read nor given to the
public until Mr. Secretary Sherman may be
forthwith called and the paper shown and he
asked if he admits it to be a copy of any letter
written bv him.
Mr. Sherman being notified of this pro
ceeding, and invited to appear, did appear in
response to such invitation, when the follow
ing took place:
The chairman to Secretary Sherman: Jas.
E. Anderson, the witness testifying before the
committee this morning, stated that he had
received from the hands of D. A. Weber a let
ter purporting to be signed by you, of which
I now show you a copy. Will you now state
to the committee whether you ever wrote
such a letter?
Mr. Sherman after an inspection of the pa
per handed him replied: I can only say this,
that I believe upon my responsibility and the
oath I have taken, I never wrote such a letter.
I have no recollection of ever writing such a
letter. If this letter was written it must have
bean, if I am not mistaken about dates, on the
day when the returning officers first com
menced to open the returns. I think it was
on the 20th. At that time I knew but little
about the transaction. The papers had not
been opened. I do not believe I ever wrote
that letter. At the same time there are things
in this letter that I would have, written to
these, or any other men who were engaged in
the performance of what I believed to be their
duty, if I had been asked, but I do not believe
I wrote that letter.
THE LETTER.
N E W ORLEANS, NOV. 20,1876.—Messrs. D. A
Weber and James E. Anderson: Gentlemen
Tour note of even date has just been received.
Neither Mr. Hayes, myself, the gentlemen who
accompany me, or the country at large can
ever forget the obligations under which you
will have placed us should you stand firm in
the position you have taken. From a long
and intimate acquaintance with Gov. Hayes I
am justified in assuming responsibility for the
promises made, and will guarantee you will be
provided for as soon after the 4th of March as
may be practicable, and in such manner as will
enable you both to leave Louisiana should you
deem it necessary. Very truly yours*
i-.. JOHN SHERMAN.
The examination, of Anderson was resumed1
and much correspondence was pnt in evi
dence, including several letters that passed he
tween him and Stanley Matthews, pertaining
to Anderson's claim upon the administra
tion for some lucrative appointment develop-"
ing the fact that though ^.Matthews recog
nized such claim as legitimate, Anderetnvs
expectations were not realised, and that he
finally turned with scorn on Matthews and
the administration, saying in his letter to
Matthews of June 27,1877, "I have nothing
farther to ask at your hands, or of the monu
mental fraud who occupies the White House,.
&c
A Washington tellegram of June. 2nd states
that the evidence given on the l8t inst, was
the absorbing theme of conversation in Wash
ington political circles, and gavefflseV to com*
mente that sound in accordance, with diver
gent political predictions. The committee at
the Instance of its representative members has
subpoenaed Judge Campbell now a member of
the Dakota supreme court, but formerly judge
of the fourth district court of Louisiana. It is
claimed that he will testify.ithat Anderson
made oatii before him to the protest which he,
Anderson, yesterday denied having sworn to.
Ex-Marshall Pitkin has also been summoned
as a witness in rebuttal of certain portions of
Andersons testimony. Anderson is at present
one of the editors of the Philadelphia North
Avurican.
Minnesota I
Duluth is to have a tannery.
Diphtheria is raging in Hancock county.
There are 622 patients in the insane aay
lum.
Mankato is infested with tramps and
peddlers. -, -, •-.., ir
Large quantities of ginseng are coming
into Sueur.
Font inmates of the lock-up at Rochester
escaped the other night.
Track laying on the Redwood Fall* rail
road Is progressing satisfactorily.
The Winnebago City cheese factory is
turning out about ten cheese a day.
A new fire bell has been purchased by the
corporation of Kasson, Dodge county.
The Otter Tail county fair will be held at
Fergus on the 18th and 19th of Septem-
The Mankato district camp meeting will
be held at Minneopa Falte, commencing
June 13.
The Southern Minnesota extension com
pany is surveying a line from Fairmonnt to
Windom.
The Grand Lodge Good Templars of
Minnesota will meet in Le Sueur on Wednes
day, June IS.
A valuable horse belonging to Barney
Haekett, of Cascade, -Olmsted county, was
killed the other day.
On the morning of the 31st ult., the store
abed of Thos. Brooks, of Rochester, was
burned. Loss f300.
A traveling tinware peddler named J.
Johnson drowned himself in the lake at
Waconia, on the 30th.
Joseph W Robinson, colored, of Red
Wing, has gone to the penitentiary for two
years—one year for each wife.
.The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
Elihu Moore was celebrated at Roy»
Mower County, on the 7th ult.